Boma Achenimie 
The final two Women’s World Cup last 16 games took place on Tuesday with Colombia facing Jamaica and France trying to beat Morocco.
Here’s what happened.
Usme brilliance enough for Colombia
Colombia Women: 1
Jamaica Women: 0
Two of the World Cup’s most surprising teams met in Melbourne to reach a first-ever quarter-final.
England were the side waiting to see who would win out here and, as was expected, it was a nervy opening quarter.
Neither side really wanted to push up and go all-out attack with Colombia looking slightly more dangerous when they had the chance to quickly transition from defence to attack.
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In fact, Jamaica were determined to turn this game into a disjointed, physical battle with both Dew Spence and Chantelle Swaby getting booked in the first half.
It didn’t take long for Colombia to open the scoring after the break though.
Catalina Usme took a brilliant touch inside the area and finished superbly with her left foot.
The game then blew open as Jody Brown’s header hit the post for the Reggae Girlz before Linda Caicedo went up the other end and fluffed a golden Colombia chance.
The Caribbean side were pushing hard for that equaliser and almost got it with 10 minutes to go as Spence flicked an effort from close range at goal but the ball went agonisingly wide of the far post.
